[f. BATHE v. + -ER1.]

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  † 1.  A bath-keeper, or attendant at a bath. Obs.

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1636.  Healey, Theophrast., 40. Turning to the Bather or Bath-keeper, saith, Sir, now I thanke you for nothing.

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1813.  J. C. Hobhouse, Journey, II. 537. The appearance of the bathers … is most disgusting, and it requires some practice to bear patiently the kneading of your limbs [etc]..

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  2.  One who takes a bath.

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1716–8.  Lady Montague, Lett., I. xxix. 94. What degree of warmth the bathers please to have.

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1854.  Stanley, Sinai & Pal., vii. (1858), 315. Most of the bathers keep within the shelter of the bank.

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